DocumentCode
2821787
Title
The Linear Tape File System
Author
Pease, David ; Amir, Arnon ; Real, Lucas Villa ; Biskeborn, Brian ; Richmond, Michael ; Abe, Atsushi
fYear
2010
fDate
3-7 May 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
8
Abstract
While there are many financial and practical reasons to prefer tape storage over disk for various applications, the difficultly of using tape in a general way is a major inhibitor to its wider usage. We present a file system that takes advantage of a new generation of tape hardware to provide efficient access to tape using standard, familiar system tools and interfaces. The Linear Tape File System (LTFS) makes using tape as easy, flexible, portable, and intuitive as using other removable and sharable media, such as a USB drive.
Keywords
device drivers; magnetic tape storage; USB drive; linear tape file system; system interface; system tool; tape hardware; tape storage; Bit error rate; Costs; Databases; File systems; Hardware; Libraries; Motion pictures; Operating systems; Robustness; Scalability;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Mass Storage Systems and Technologies (MSST), 2010 IEEE 26th Symposium on
Conference_Location
Incline Village, NV
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-7152-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-7153-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MSST.2010.5496989
Filename
5496989
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